The author of Bullet Train delivers another rollicking blast of compelling, kinetic crime as a man seeking revenge for the murder of his wife joins the gang responsible in a bid to bring them down from within.
Their mission is murder. His is revenge.
Suzuki is just an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. When he discovers the criminal gang responsible he leaves behind his life as a maths teacher and joins them, looking for a chance to take his revenge. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of unusual professional assassins, each with their own agenda.
The Whale convinces his victims to take their own lives using just his words.
The Cicada is a talkative and deadly knife expert.
The elusive Pusher dispatches his targets in deadly traffic accidents.
Suzuki must take each of them on, in order to try to find justice and keep his innocence in a world of killers.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529115512
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 211 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18 mm
Three Assassins...showcases Kotaro Isaka's Tarantinoesque blend of offbeat wit and stylised violence - James Owen, The Times
[A] mesmerising tale of how life is simultaneously cheap and precious, and the past catches up with us all. - Laura Wilson, Guardian
Highly entertaining... grips with plenty of twists before delivering a stylish and fitting finale - Jon Coates, Sunday Express
Delivers an unusual journey. The eponymous killers - along with a man bent on paybackfor the death of his wife - are engaged in a dance of death - Financial Times
Isaka knows how to keep his readers on their toes. His characters are colourful, varied and morally despicable. - Crime Fiction Lover
I really enjoyed Bullet Train by the same author and Three Assassins just about lives up to it.
Suzuki is out to avenge the death of his wife and this unassuming, retired maths teacher becomes involved with the murky...
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Three Assassins written by Kotaro Isaka an award -winning Japanese writer, published all over the world according to the blurb. On the evidence of this ‘thriller’ I am not sure which language he is an award winner in.... More
I've decided I love this author. Bullet Train was such an amazing read and whilst Three Assassins doesn't quite reach those dizzying heights it is a hugely compelling thrill ride, quirky and weird and I... More
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